The 'Today's Job' thread

[Cal919]

Bit of breaking and grubbing out of old foundations/piler’s blinding today. Bit of faff with cctv cable but electricians back tomorrow so he can get it out of way.

Started insulating garden room over weekend decided to buy a proper mask, made a nasty job slightly more bearable.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

We rent our main yard in the same village that I live. Always tight on space here, despite Landlord having 12 acres of 'stuff' (Never let a kleptomaniac run a waste transfer business!) Also rent about 250m2 of yard space from next doors business at a low rate. Just managed to tidy it up (move all the s**t over to my farm shed site) and reduce the overhead by 50%. Every little helps. My harris fencing took some extracting from the hedge.
Might bin it all off in another year, but I am subletting the 20ft container (hidden behind orange skip) which complicated things.

 

[Furniss]

Took some scrap got 120€ - ran over a something sharp while there and repair cost 140€
Farmer got his tractor stuck - 2 x his mates tractors couldn't pull it out - he had bloody great flail topper on back which worsened the job ...any how mighty wacker to the rescue ... dug around him then dragged him up onto top - good fun and bagged some favours ...forgot my bloody phone unfortunately.

Pissing down but 3 good jobs came in s not bad alround.

 

[Smiffy]

Took some scrap got 120€ - ran over a something sharp while there and repair cost 140€
Farmer got his tractor stuck - 2 x his mates tractors couldn't pull it out - he had bloody great flail topper on back which worsened the job ...any how mighty wacker to the rescue ... dug around him then dragged him up onto top - good fun and bagged some favours ...forgot my bloody phone unfortunately.
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Pissing down but 3 good jobs came in s not bad alround.

If you ever need to recover something and can park on hard ground then a chain on the hook gear is unbelievable. We had a vogele 1803i stuck up to it's axles in wet type 1, they are near 19t plus it of tarmac in the hopper. A 44t rated scania pulling on it did nothing just slipped the clutch. 32t hookloader with a chain on the hook pulled it out without a blink.

 

[Furniss]

If you ever need to recover something and can park on hard ground then a chain on the hook gear is unbelievable. We had a vogele 1803i stuck up to it's axles in wet type 1, they are near 19t plus it of tarmac in the hopper. A 44t rated scania pulling on it did nothing just slipped the clutch. 32t hookloader with a chain on the hook pulled it out without a blink.

Impressive he was right at bottom of a wet field - had to push and pull myself across to him with digger, begs the question what were you thinking, but we all fook up from time to time.

 

[6feetdown]

The Avant worth its weight in gold. Wouldn't have done the job this way but has to all be finished by next Friday, helping some friends out.
Not enjoying the travelling though

 

[V8Druid]

If you ever need to recover something and can park on hard ground then a chain on the hook gear is unbelievable. We had a vogele 1803i stuck up to it's axles in wet type 1, they are near 19t plus it of tarmac in the hopper. A 44t rated scania pulling on it did nothing just slipped the clutch. 32t hookloader with a chain on the hook pulled it out without a blink.

must've been soooome chain

 

[Smiffy]

must've been soooome chain

it was on a roundabout reconstruction job.Where the road had to stay live, so was done in 3 sections, one section had been built up to it's full height of 290mm of tarmac and a type one ramp had been built so the paver could climb out onto the full height tarmac before the ramp is removed and the last 3m is laid by hand. But a puddle had formed at the bottom of the ramp coupled with an inexperienced labourer filling the hopper right up. It meant that the paver was only about 6 inches from the tarmac so didn't need a long chain. And where it pulls and lifts at the same time it works really well.

 

[Mogman]

First job lift a 20” shipper from the side of a house

Was a bit tight

Then a couple of aircon units to the second floor and a couple of old ones out

The large plinth at the edge of the balcony made it interesting to say the least

 

[6feetdown]

She's been a busy girl today arrived to an artic with 13 bulk bags, then Oak sleepers, then 7 packs of Indian sandstone. All the while taking in all the type 1 and material kept to 1 side.
Going to be stupid week next week!

 

[Furniss]

This treatment plant is to strap to a slab/steel conc on monday - its first of this type, high water table apparantly, installation guide says straps go round this pipe along bottom, not going to be masses of room down there and challenging to get tension on them..... any ideas

 

[6feetdown]

This treatment plant is to strap to a slab/steel conc on monday - its first of this type, high water table apparantly, installation guide says straps go round this pipe along bottom, not going to be masses of room down there and challenging to get tension on them..... any ideas
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Can you put the base in 1st with the cradles in the base?

 

[Furniss]

Can you put the base in 1st with the cradles in the base?

Usually we put 15cm of conc with steel mesh in bottom with rebar running under mesh, with straps hooked onto bar through base, other systems have had anchor kit straps designed to go up over top so its drop tank in and strap over top.
This is supposed to strap as per diagram.....

 

[TiltyShaun]

Put the 15cm base in first. Place tank into hole and concrete around it. The pipe looks like it is bonded to the tank. Once surrounded in concrete it is not lifting. I guess you fill tank as you completley concrete it in!!!

 

[Furniss]

Put the 15cm base in first. Place tank into hole and concrete around it. The pipe looks like it is bonded to the tank. Once surrounded in concrete it is not lifting. I guess you fill tank as you completley concrete it in!!!

Second compartment is a filter - so apart from a bit of gubbins its empty, thats why the guidelines are strapped to slab, like I say we've done lots but strap over top, the design of this system doesn't really favour straps over top and they expect strapped as per diagram, reality is it will be tough to tension, needs a pretty large overdig to get at them and them large amounts of backfill
No doubt suss a way but wondered if I was missing something

It's not unusual for these filters to bob up if not properly installed, not happened to us as yet but got to be careful.

 

[Simon edwards]

Took some scrap got 120€ - ran over a something sharp while there and repair cost 140€
Farmer got his tractor stuck - 2 x his mates tractors couldn't pull it out - he had bloody great flail topper on back which worsened the job ...any how mighty wacker to the rescue ... dug around him then dragged him up onto top - good fun and bagged some favours ...forgot my bloody phone unfortunately.
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Pissing down but 3 good jobs came in s not bad alround.

Look at that mad seat/air gun crane thing! Is that so they can hold a glass of Bordeaux at the same time as changing your wheel and lighting a gauloises

 

[Simon edwards]

A couple pics from the last week or so, been really busy on lots of bits and pieces,nothing very exciting but all good bill paying stuff.Also made a few decisions on going forward which feels right.

 

[6feetdown]

A couple pics from the last week or so, been really busy on lots of bits and pieces,nothing very exciting but all good bill paying stuff.Also made a few decisions on going forward which feels right.

Love the mini cx. Any good?

 

[Simon edwards]

Love the mini cx. Any good?

It’s my mate’s machine, he is the pool contractor I do a lot of work for, it suits his needs really well, ideal for the odd trench, will just lift a bulk bag or half pack of blocks easily.Floats over lawns with very little footprint.Cool little tool really.

 

[Giles]

It’s my mate’s machine, he is the pool contractor I do a lot of work for, it suits his needs really well, ideal for the odd trench, will just lift a bulk bag or half pack of blocks easily.Floats over lawns with very little footprint.Cool little tool really.

towable?